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Recoveries on Postpetition Tort Recoveries Do (Do Not) Belong to Creditors in ‘13’

Rather than invoking the best interests and disposable income tests for plan confirmation, the Eleventh Circuit may have departed from the statute by ruling that the ‘ability to pay’ gives postpetition tort claims to creditors in chapter 13.

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Do Debtors Get to Keep Post-Confirmation Windfalls in Chapter 13?

Chapter 13 scholar Keith Lundin believes that debtors retain inheritances acquired more than 180 days after filing.